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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | In 1938 Life magazine invited notable architects to design "dream homes" for four American families, each at a different income level. Each family w... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated three-quarter view from front of right side of a Farmall H tractor with 24P corn picker in a cornfield. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Red poppies and other wildflowers are blooming in profusion near a camp of seven tents. Towels or laundry are hanging from clotheslines, and there is an au... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A group of two men, two women and four children in traditional dress are posing in front of the door of a brick dwelling. Three of the children are sitting... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Two men are smoking cigarettes outdoors. They are wearing turbans and traditional dress, and are sitting on a colorful rug with long fringe. A pair of sho... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An autochrome waist-up portrait of an Algerian man wearing a turban. He is wearing a western style vest under his robe; a key is hanging from a chain attac... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An autochrome transparency of a shrub covered with pink blossoms. Arid hills are in the background. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A woman is posing sitting in the doorway of a brick building. She has facial tattoos and is wearing a head scarf over her braided hair. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Two young girls are posing outdoors wearing traditional dress. The girl on the left is standing and leaning against the stone wall behind her, and the seco... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Large cumulus clouds are floating above a field of blue flowers in Algeria. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A turbanned man, identified as a Sheik, is sitting on a patterned rug on the ground in front of a doorway. He is wearing a red robe with elaborate gold tri... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A woman is standing in a doorway with her right hand resting on the head of a small girl. Both of them are wearing traditional dress with head scarves. The... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man, identified only as "Sheik" is posing with his wife in a doorway with a curtain hanging behind them. The man is wearing a white robe over a Western-s... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A group identified by the photographer as "two couples, four kids" are posing in front of a brick dwelling. One man and woman are standing in the doorway; ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man, wearing a white turban and a blue cape or blanket wrapped around him, is sleeping on pillows and a carpet in front of a tent. A carpet has been drap... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A young girl is posing with a wooden plow while holding the trunk and a branch of a flowering tree. She is wearing a dress, cape, head scarf, and an ankle ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a turban and cape with gold trim is standing and smiling in an open doorway, with a curtain hanging behind him and a pillow in front of his f... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of a flat weave pillow with geometric patterns and cord detail on the edges, and small tassels at the corners. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An oleander in full bloom is standing in colorful contrast to the arid hills in the background. |
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